[Day: Wednsday, June 15th. Time: 2:00 p.m.]
[You're all at the club room at 2:00 p.m.! Yes, 2:00 p.m.! Why? Because
you need to go to Nero to get Rei a new body, and that takes travel time.]
[Session Start!]
* Maria yawns.
* Lazar is in his usual spot next to Peter's desk, with the Slinky. Standing,
though. 'cause it's afternoon.
* Makoto is by the door, as usual. With a bag at his feet.
* Chie walks into the clubroom with Chomei. She obviously hasn't slept well, by
the dark circles under her eyes. But she doesn't look tired, nor does she look
like she's suffering from soul-crushing guilt. What she does look like is very,
very determined.
* Peter has a large pile of folders, books, and various other materials.
* Maria is slumped over a chair, looking sleepy.
* Peter is reading. Surprised? No.
* Chomei walks in with Chie, as previously stated. He's... smiling?
(Chie is looking serious and Chomei is smiling. Yes, the world is
ending. ;p)
( Chomei's smiling? So THAT's why Chie didn't sleep last night... )
( Chie didn't sleep. Chomei's smiling. Of course! They played SCRABBLE!)
* Rei sits, floating, in the corner and playing with an astral version of the
necklace Chie gave her for her birthday.
( Exactly! )
(Rei can make astral jewelry? Wow. ^_^)
Sorry we're a little late. What's up?
(When she projects, she goes with the clothes she wears. Her jewelry went
with.)
* Makoto looks rather unhappy, and isn't saying much.
Did you find where we need to go, prof?
* Rei looks up and blinks, then zips over next to Makoto. ~You brought my stuff?
Thanks. BOX is still in here, right?~ She opens the backpack and looks through
it.
* Makoto nods and watches Rei silently.
* Rei makes sure everything's in order, then zips it back up.
*slinkyslinky*
* Chie readjusts her bag, which is slung over her shoulder as usual, and reties
her jacket around her waist as she watches Rei.
* Rei turns to watch Lazar slinky for a while, then comments, ~I went to see my
brother today.~
* Maria blinks. "Eh?"
* Peter looks up. "Y.. of course, with everything going on I forgot. How is he?"
~He's alive.~
* Rei pauses, then adds with a bit of anger, ~That's about all he is.~
* Chomei 's smile dissapears when Rei mentions her brother. That didn't take
long.
... What do you mean?
* Chie looks down at the floor.
* Lazar stops Slinkying abruptly, and puts it down on Peter's desk. His
expression is neutral.
~His arm's not gonna heal back right, he's got a hole in his right hand,
and his face will never be the same. What do you fucking *think* I mean?~
~On the bright side, I guess, he's back to normal. He doesn't remember
anything about what happened since he picked the sword up to put it back where
it's supposed to be.~
* Chie doesn't say anything. She didn't inflict any of that damage on Katsu,
true, but she still feels pretty damn bad about it.
* Peter sighs and looks at the rest of the group.
* Makoto seems to be staring into space, emotionless.
I was under the impression you would try to avoid doing that much
damage.
* Lazar looks around the room, trying to get a sense of where Rei is. "No yell
at Peter and others, little one. I do most of damage."
* Maria frowns.
* Chomei frowns.
* Chie looks up at Rei, sadly. "I tried exorcism... I wanted to break the link
between him and the sword. That's the best I could do. I'm sorry."
I understand there was a situation, but the boy was posessed.
* Rei fixes her gaze on Lazar. She sounds almost calm. ~Yeah, really? Didja have
to do it? Was he gonna kill you if you didn't smash his skull in?~
Me? No. No can kill me. I dead two years. But nearly killed Maria, could
have killed other little ones.
* Maria fidgets.
Nearly. I expected you, most of all Lazar, to be able to keep a straight
head.
* Chie looks briefly over at Maria, and is relieved to see that she looks
physically okay.
Did keep straight head. Rei brother no stay down, even after hit many
times. Was afraid he would... what word... teleport away, or make sword attack
other people.
2d6-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-4) and gets 3.
* Peter closes the book and stands. "We have to be at the ferry by 4. Rei's
situation is our top priority right now."
* Chomei nods. "Take care of what we can now. Deal with what we can't later."
So instead you crippled him. We can't do anything for this situation
right now, but I hope for your sake his parents understand. Anyway, we have to
be off, but before we do, I think you should have some backround.
Am sorry he hurt so bad. Really am. But no wanted him to get away or
hurt others.
* Makoto makes no comment he turns his head slightly as if tilting an ear toward
the Professor, but his dark eyes stay fixed on some indeterminite point in
space.
Mmm. Anyway. The island we're going to is called Nero offically. It's
other name is Smorfilia.
...what kind of a lame name is that?
Why do you think they called it Nero officially?
While part of the Japan island chain, it's removed and rarely visited.
The popular reason is because the natives are unfriendly. That is true, but they
are unfriendly for other reasons. They are part of a group of powerful
supernaturals called "Smorfys".
* Rei stares at Lazar, then yells, tears in her eyes. ~You crippled my brother!
For something he didn't even fucking do! You didn't have to do it, you just did
it 'cause you were angry, and now he's stuck living with it!~
( Smorfies! Wai! )
* Maria winces.
* Chomei looks at Rei. "Rei, calm down! We know what happened, we know what we
did. Now if you can't calm down, we might not be able to get you *another*
body!"
* Chie watches Rei. She bites her lip hard.
(Well, where he thinks Rei is.)
~I should twist your fucking brain because I'm angry! You have one of
those, don't you?~
* Rei ignores Chomei.
Rei. This is Lazar's fault, but you must not do that.
No have brain. Have soul. If make feel better, go ahead. I say I'm
sorry, but I did what thought best to keep team safe.
That would be as bad as anything the sword made your brother do, and you
don't want to act that way. It's not you.
Lazar, our most important goal is to protect innocents, not ourselves.
We're like police.
* Peter sighs. "This isn't getting us anywhere."
* Lazar narrows his eyes at Peter. "Entire village dead because I mess up. All
people I ever knew. No let more die if can help it."
* Rei whirls on Peter. ~How do *you* know what's me and not me, huh? It's not
like- like-~ She blinks, then wipes away tears. ~Screw it.~
(Astral tears?)
* Peter closes his eyes and sighs.
(You know it.)
* Chie watches Rei cry and looks very sad herself. She says nothing.
* Maria gets up and walks out into the hall, looking all kinds of miserable.
(When Chie is quiet, you know something's wrong.)
* Chomei slams his fist on the table. "Look, bad things have happened, but
there's jack we can do about it if we don't listen to what the prof has to say.
Now, what were you saying?" He looks at the prof.
* Peter sits back in his chair and holds his head in his hands.
* Rei picks up her backpack and sobs, but silently. She hands it to Makoto.
~Wanna keep carrying this for me?~ she asks, just to him.
* Chie watches Maria go, then jumps slightly when Chomei pounds the table. She
still keeps quiet.
* Makoto hasn't moved except for occassional, slight turns of his head. He nods
when Rei hands him the backpack.
Of course.
* Rei looks back at the people still in the room. ~We have a boat to catch, is
what the prof was saying.~
A.. yes.
* Chie looks worried for a second, then nods. "Okay."
* Peter looks up, but doesn't face the group.
The smorfys are amazingly powerful, but peaceful supernaturals.
( Unless Kaira's still around. Then we're all doomed. )
* Makoto finally turns his head away from whatever he was looking at.
How peaceful?
There are only a very few mentions of violent Smorfys. The violent ones
were.. very powerful.
Peaceful enough so that you shouldn't need to cripple any of them.
* Chie winces.
* Lazar glares at Peter.
* Makoto nods matter-of-factly.
We will probably have to give up any weapons that can not be hidden.
* Chomei nods.
Should I just leave my sword here, then?
They do not like humans. I doubt they feel any better about former
humans.
Rather than try and hide it in my bag or something? I'd rather not have
to leave it in their hands.
* Chomei frowns. "Will they notice Rownal?"
No. Bring it with you. Better to have it on the island then stuck here.
~Don't take it out unless you have to.~
Okay, prof.
I don't know Chomei. Don't take it out unl.. what Rei said.
* Chie kneels down and begins rearranging the contents of her bag so that the
sword is mostly hidden by her other stuff (wards, flashlight, toolkit, water
bottle, etc.)
* Chie folds up her jacket and stuffs that in there, too. She's not going to
need it unless it gets cold on Nero.
* Lazar checks his pouch. Nothing weapony in there.
( Unfortunately, the annual ice storm hit Nero 5 minutes after you
arrived... )
(S'okay, I can always get it out of my bag!)
~Ready? Can we go now?~
( By that time, the ice will have melted. It's June! It's really durn
hot! )
* Chomei checks his pockets and pulls out a pocket knife. "Think you can hide
this too Chie?"
* Makoto doesn't even bother to check his pockets. If the Smorfies have a
problem with yo-yos, that's their prerogative.
* Chie takes the knife from Chomei, puts it in the bottom of her bag, and zips
it up. She then stands. "I'm ready. Where's Maria?"
~She went out the door.~
* Rei pokes her head through the door.
And we should do the same. Is that all prof?
~She's still there.~
That's all.
* Rei sighs. ~Finally.~ She goes through the door.
* Lazar heads out the door silently.
* Chie opens the door. "Let's go, then."
* Peter heads out.
* Makoto follows Rei, carrying her bag over one shoulder.
* Maria looks up as the others start coming into the hall, and takes that as a
cue to go to the parking lot.
* Chomei nods and leaves the room.
[Zoom! Time: 3:00 p.m.]
[They get to Tokyo Bay! Now to look for the ferry...]
* Maria stares at the bay.
* Chie seems to be looking anywhere but at the water.
* Rei sits in the air and looks out to the bay.
* Chomei looks out to the bay.
... we going over water, not under, right?
* Chie shudders.
* Maria gapes. "So much water..." She sounds somewhat horrified at the notion of
an ocean.
* Rei looks at Lazar for a moment, then says, ~Yeah. Over.~
* Peter looks at Lazar. "Over. We can't breath underwater."
* Lazar grunts. "Good. Had enough of under when walk to Japan."
It's a lot of water, all right.
* Chie looks at Peter briefly and says, in a very flat tone. "No. You can't."
* Makoto looks impassively at the bay, then at something in the sky, and then
back at the water.
Which boat is ours?
* Rei fidgets, floats over to Maria, and starts braiding her hair.
* Peter looks for the ferry.
What's it look like prof?
* Maria almost jumps as she feels Rei at her hair, but forces herself not to.
"R-Rei?"
~Yeah, sorry, just kinda fidgety and... I need something to do. You don't
mind, right?~
2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 6.
* Chie stares at the sky. "Um... there weren't any storms or anything predicted
today, where there?"
(were, even)
* Makoto talks to Chie out of the side of his mouth. "Don't jinx it."
N-no, 's fine.
~Okay.~
It's small, and probably unmarked.
It's a supply transport
* Chie gives Makoto a Look. "Belive me, I don't want to. I just want to get this
over with. Fast."
* Maria shivers a bit.
( Unlike the Staten Island ferry, which is huge and bright orange. =P )
* Chomei frowns. "Unmarked, eh? Well, we won't be able to tell it from here
then."
* Rei makes a small, sloppy braid, then starts on another, apparently not
noticing Maria's shivers, ~I don't braid hair that much, because mine... was too
messy for that. I tried it on Ka- Katsu sometimes, but he hated it.~
* Maria nods dumbly.
* Peter frowns and looks around for the supply transport.
* Rowyn is now known as RowynIdlyn
* Chomei looks for supply transports. (I assume I see a lot?)
* Chie stares at any nearby buildings. Nice buildings.
* Lazar is from a landlocked area, and has no bloody clue what a ferry looks
like. As such, he just stands stock still, staring out at the water.
* Maria can't take her eyes off all that water. @_@
[Some distance away, Peter spies a loading dock, and people loading
cargo onto a smallish-ship. Given what time it is, you can probably guess that
that's the ship you want.]
( If I were Carmen Sandiego, I could steal the whole bay! )
This way.
(All she needs is the hat.)
* Peter heads for the boat.
* Lazar follows Peter.
( Nah, she'd have to be taller, too. )
* Rei looks up, then abandons her braid as she zips after Peter.
* Chomei taps Chie on the shoulder. "Com'on, the prof thinks he found it."
* Makoto follows Peter, keeping an eye on Rei as he walks along.
(Wait, Makoto can see Rei?)
Huh? Oh. That's good...
* Maria stands there, staring at the bay.
( Have you asked him lately? )
Com'on. We can't be late.
Yeah...
* Chie follows Chomei and the others.
* Chomei notices Maria doing the same thing. "Aw, geeze." He runs back to Maria.
"Com'on!"
* Maria jumps and then stares at Chomei. "W-wha?"
The ferry's not going to wait for us.
* Maria blinks. "Ferry?"
* Chomei shakes his head. "Yeah, the boat we're taking over to Nero."
Boats... they, er, float, right? Don't sink?
* Chie turns back to Maria. "Most of the time."
Yes, float.
* Maria twitches at Chie's comment.
* Chomei sighs. "We're not going to sink."
I'm sorry.
I see you love the water as much as I do.
We're not? You're sure?
* Chomei looks at Chie and Maria. "Look, let's talk about this on the way to the
ferry, okay?"
A-and water's fine. Really. B-but... there's *so much* of it.
* Chie nods quietly.
* Maria says that last part as it it were unusual.
* Peter heads for the boat.
* Makoto follows Peter, keeping an eye on Rei as he walks along.
* Chie gives Maria an apologetic look as she walks along with her and Chomei.
* Rei doesn't turn or even seem to notice the hold-up with Chie, Maria, and
Chomei. She just goes.
[There are three people on the boat and/or dock, loading it up with
cargo. They're all stereotypical dock workers, so they don't get much
description.]
(At least they're not badly drawn.)
( Of course not. MC is higher budget )
( Which one is Pedro? )
* Maria walks slowly along with Chie and Cho, keeper her eyes tightly shut. "J-
just tell me when we're there."
( The middle one. )
(Let me guess... Vicks, Wedge, and Pedro?)
( Either that of Biggs, Wedge, and Jesse. :P )
( You forgot Freddie Prince Jr... okay, not really. )
( What about Vicks, Wedge and Piette? )
* Peter walks up to the men. "Is this the ship that goes to Nero?"
* Chomei sighs and walks along. "We'll let you know."
( Well, then the boat's captain would have to be Cid. )
(Well duh.)
"Uh huh. It sure is! We're about to ship out now, though. If you have
a delivery to make, you'll have to catch the next one."
* Rei stiffens at that, then looks to the boat.
* Makoto hangs back and observes the conversation, and the boat.
* Lazar stands off to the side of the group a bit.
Actually, we wish to go with you.
[It's a very boat-like boat. Meaning it doesn't look like a shoe. Yay!]
(Aww, I always wanted to ride a floating shoe.)
They blinks. "Uh? ... Why?"
( There once was an old woman, who lived in a shoe... )
( Shoes don't float. They sink. Then people go fishing and catch them. )
( Sometimes old women are in them. )
It's a long story. We're with the government.
* Chomei arrives with Maria and Chie, just in time to hear them ask "Why?" ...
well, he would have if he didn't have the hearing of a... a... something that
doesn't hear well.
[They shrug. "Can't imagine what the government would want with a place
like that. There's nothing there. I mean, nothing. It's like a desert island,
except with a village where the desert should be. And... Well, anyhow, it's not
our business, but we'll have to charge you standard rate."]
Understood.
* Peter pays the money. Thank god for government reembursements.
* Peter also thanks god Rei is invisible and such.
[And when 4:00 p.m. rolls around...]
* Peter looks towards the others. "Come on. We have to go."
( Session 50! Mystery Club vs. the Interpol Auditors! )
(Don't give the GM ideas!)
(*laughs*)
( AIGH! )
[Two of the men gesture towards the boat. "Ok, it'll probably be
cramped. We don't usually take passengers."]
( What if the GM doesn't have ideas? )
(You just violated rule twentyfive and three quarters of the Player
Union Act. You must be terminated. *BAM!*)
* Peter heads into the boat.
[The third one stabs a knife in Chomei's back. No, not really. Actually
he just stays on the docks.]
* Chomei waits for Chie and Maria to get on before he gets on himself.
* Makoto boards the vessel as well.
* Rei grins for what must be the first time that day and goes into the boat.
Yes, literally.
* Lazar gets on the boat.
( Chomei gets on himself! ... Ah. That explains a lot. )
(Sinking boat!)
(*coughs*)
* Chie takes a deep breath and carefully steps onto the boat.
(...)
* Maria shivers, steels herself, and then leaps onto the boat as fast as she
can. Not taking any chances!
* Chomei calmly walks onto the boat.
* Chie sits, closes her eyes, and tries very hard to pretend she's somewhere
else. Somewhere that doesn't involve being on top of water. Or anywhere near
water, for that matter.
[The boat groans with the extra weight so helpfully provided by Lazar.]
* Maria looks around and finds a place to sit where she can't see the water,
sits, hugs her knees to herself, and closes her eyes tightly.
( Two hydrophobes and a living anchor. What a group. =P )
* Maria whimpers at the boat groaning.
( Haw! )
(Well, we could always tie a rope around Lazar and toss him overboard...)
* Chie opens one eye when the boat groans and shivers briefly.
( Drop him overboard, maybe. I don't think anyone's gonna be tossing
Laz. )
* Chomei looks around as the boat groans, then realizes it's only Lazar.
( "Woo! The anchor is dropped!" "... Did you remember to tie the other
end of the rope to something secure?" "Awwww! ;_;" )
(Hey, Lazar could just walk across and meet us there. ;p)
[The men do too. They give the group puzzling looks, but say nothing.]
( Not even 'Yarr'? )
(They're ninja pirates!)
( Nah. The pirates come later. )
[Minutes later, they start the ferry, and you're sailing on your merry
way.]
* Lazar blinks at the boat's reaction, then shrugs and finds a spot as close to
the center of the boat as he can. Weight balance and all.
* Chie is most definitely *not* merry.
* Maria is far from merry.
* Chomei finds a confortable place to sit down. "So, how long's the trip Prof?"
* Rei fidgets some, then goes to her backpack (which, yes, Makoto is still
wearing), pulls out a deck of cards, and drops it on the floor. She 'sits' on
the ground and opens the deck, then starts playing solitaire. Yay for cards
flipping themselves.
( ... no suppose anyone know full score to Pirates of Penzance?
... *GLARE* )
[Time: 4:15. The driver sings the Gilligan's Island theme.]
* Rei quietly sings along, though not in the driver's head, lucky him.
* Chie tries to take her mind off things by reminding herself that this is to
help Rei, and they'll get there soon, and then they'll get Rei a new body, and
then they'll come back... dammit. They'll have to come back this way, won't
they?
* Makoto sits down in front of the self-playing cards and shifts Rei's bag to
his lap. He watches the cards turn over, pointing now and then when Rei almost
misses a play (which is VERY rare, but oh well).
* Peter reads.
[Time: 4:35. The driver sings "Row, row, row your boat..."]
* Chomei takes a deep breath. "I might not mind boats, but I hate long trips.
How much longer?"
* Rei starts flicking a card at Makoto's face every time he points out a missed
play.
* Lazar does the best statue impersonation he can without dropping his illusion.
The non-driver looks to the sun. "Mmmm... 'bout two hours."
(So long as he doesn't start with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,"
we'll be okay. ;p)
* Makoto keeps the cards, and plays them as a poker hand on top of Rei's
solitaire game.
* Chie glares at Chomei. She didn't want to know that.
* Rei yoinks the cards from Makoto and picks up the deck, shuffling it together.
~Five card draw?~
* Chomei doesn't seem to notice. Yes, he is clueless again!
* Makoto nods.
(He used up his clue alottment for the day earlier, I guess. ^_~)
[Time: 4:55. The captian whistles Popeye's theme.]
[Time: 5:00. He sings Popeye's theme.]
(Makoto, roll gaming? ^^)
( D'oh. Hang on... )
* Chomei scoots over to where Makoto and Rei are playing cards. "Mind dealing me
in?"
* Rei deals Chomei in.
* Chomei starts playing too.
* Chie attempts one of Eoi's meditation techniques.
* Maria actually manages to fall asleep. Or seems to, anyway.
2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 7.
2d6-1
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 6.
( Naginata, ommm, Naginata, ommmm. )
(That's about it, yes. ^_^)
2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 8.
[Time: 5:15. The ship sails into an eerie mist.]
* Chomei grumbles as he looses another hand.
* Rei creams them both at poker. Many times over.
This isn't good.
(Uh-oh. Eerie mist is *never* good.)
( Oh, hell. )
Sailor1: "Hey, do you think that sea monster will attack again?"
* Chie doesn't hear Peter say that. She seems to actually be succeding at the
meditation.
~I thought there's always eerie mist on the way to Smorfilia.~
* Chomei looks up. "What isn't? Oh..."
( ... We're in Earthbound. )
( Oh god. Everyone run before Rei uses PSI Rockin' B )
Sailor2: "I keep telling you, there's no such thing as a sea monster!"
* Lazar has moved slightly! His head is now bowed, and he's muttering something
or other in Hebrew.
(Rockin'!)
Sailor2: "... It's a ghost ship."
Sailor1: "No way! It's a sea monster."
~It's two pair.~
Sailor2: "Nope! A ghost ship."
* Rei plunks her cards down.
* Chomei looks up at the Sailors. "It's a ghostly sea monster ship?"
They consider that for a minute. "Nahhh..."
* Chomei plays his hand. "Um... pair of aces?"
[Time: 5:30. The ferry sails out of the eerie mist.]
* Makoto lays down his hand. Not a face card among them, which is okay because
it's a 2-3-4-5-6 straight. Of clubs. Whap.
Wow. I actually won one.
* Chomei looks at that. "Are you sure you're not cheating?
No.
* Makoto grins cheekily at Chomei.
* Rei curses, but pushes the bargaining chips over to Makoto.
* Lazar continues to do that Hebrew that Jew do.
(...)
* Chomei flicks a few chips over at Makoto. "Go again?"
* Makoto nods and antes up.
* Chomei antes up.
* Rei deals out the cards again and antes up, looking at her hand.
[Time: 6:00 p.m. The boat gets to the island and pulls up to the only
dock there. The dock leads to a single building.]
* Peter hops out of the boat.
* Maria is still asleep.
* Rei puts the cards back into her backpack and zips off the boat at the speed
of Rei.
* Chie doesn't seem to have noticed that the boat stopped. Her eyes are closed
as well.
* Chomei gets up and starts to wake Maria and Chie. "Hello? We're there."
( The boat sails off with Maria and Chie still on it :P )
* Makoto puts the chips (most of which were Rei's) into the backpack as well,
then slings the pack over a shoulder and disembarks.
* Chie mumbles when Chomei shakes her. "I am one with the nagi- wha? We're
there?"
* Maria jumps. "KYAAA... oh. Sorry."
Great!
* Chie practically runs off the boat.
Yeah, now let's get off of this hunk of met- yeah. You too Maria.
* Chomei walks off of the boat.
* Lazar walks slowly off the boat.
* Maria stands, jumps onto the docks, and runrunruns for land as only she can.
* Chie nearly dances once she's on land again. Good, solid land!
[Two natives come running up from the building on the dock as you get
off!]
[One's tall, one's short.]
(They don't die!)
* Makoto is passed by all of the females in the group, and none of the males
except for Peter. There's a message in that, if only he could figure it out...
* Peter walks to the natives. "Hello."
* Chomei let's Peter do the talking.
* Maria runs past the two, ignoring them in her effort to get somewhere dry.
[Maria finds the dock is too small for that.]
Hello! What have you brought us today?
* Makoto stops behind Peter, Chie, and Maria.
CAN'TTALKGOTTAGETAWAYFROMTHEWATER!
* Rei hesitates when everyone else stops and looks off towards the village. She
starts when Maria yells.
* Maria leaps over the two, resuming her course for dry land.
Maria, STOP.
* Chomei facepalms.
* TallGuy stares as Maria jumps completely over him.
(And Chomei facepalms at Maria. Again, the world is ending.)
( And so everybody in MC2 died, and the world ended later, because
Maria couldn't control her bladder. )
Rei, stop her if you can.
* TallGuy looks back at Peter, then back at Maria, then back at Peter.
* Maria runs up to the building, opens the door, goes inside, and slams the door
shut behind her.
I'm sorry about her.
* Rei zips after Maria and into the building.
* TallGuy runs after Maria! "Hey!"
* ShortGuy follows the tall guy.
Maria! Get out here now.
* Chie just stands there. They're not *on* the water anymore, and it's behind
her, so as long as she doesn't turn around, she can pretend it's not there.
[The dock is on water :P]
* Lazar blinkblinks.
(But you don't feel it moving like a boat.)
(And chances are it's fairly shallow, so she could probably make it to
land okay.)
* Makoto isn't going anywhere. Peter said that these island-folk didn't like
visitors, and the professor is somewhat prone to understatement.
* TallGuy rips open the door and heads after Maria. The short one follows him.
* Chomei stays standing where he is.
[Meanwhile, the sailors wait around for them to come back.]
... Right.
* Peter frowns angrily.
* Makoto subtly shifts his weight from foot to foot.
[A tumbleweed would blow by, but you're standing on a dock in the middle
of the ocean. Well, western end, but that's beside the point.]
(... RSP mini!)
(But shouldn't it be in the RSP room? =P)
(Shhh!)
(RSP mini ;_;)
* Rei comes zipping over to you guys. ~They're talking and Maria's calmed down.
She said that she's here because she wants to help her friend, because there's
something here that's needed for her to live, and this is the only place to find
it.~
* Peter frowns.
* Peter nods. "Okay."
* Chie looks over at Rei. "I'm glad she's calmed down. How are the natives
reacting?"
Is that supposed to be *public* knowledge Peter?
~Who cares. Go with it.~
* Makoto nods faintly.
* Rei looks at Chie. ~They'll probably tell her and us that there's nothing
useful here, and we're wasting our time. But they don't look like they're gonna
blow us up or something.~
* Chie nods. "They can say whatever they want, just so long as they don't want
to come after us."
* ShortGuy comes out and runs up to you!
Ye--mm?
~I'm gonna go check on Maria again.~
* Rei zips off, going straight through the short guy.
* Makoto watches the short guy.
* ShortGuy watches Makoto
* Chie watches Rei leave, then looks at the short guy.
* Makoto watches the short guy watching him.
* Peter looks at the man. "Is the situation resolved?"
* ShortGuy is looked at. He doesn't seem to mind.
* Lazar is.
Daaa... Mr. Kunio said to watch you.
...
(Riki's mind has been honed by twenty years of instant ramen.)
( Daaaa... ^_^ )
* Chie shrugs idly and sticks her hands in her pockets.
* Chomei looks at the water, and the land, and the sky...
* Makoto pulls a yo-yo from his pocket and idly spins it.
* ShortGuy watches.
[Time passes...]
[Time: 6:30 p.m.]
* Makoto makes his yo-yo do little tricks while he waits. Tra-la-la.
* Chomei kicks the ground lightly with the tip of his shoe, then does the same
with his other one. "What's taking them so long?"
* ShortGuy watches! "Daaa... Didja bring ramen?"
No. Where is your superior?
Daaaa....
Do. You. Under. Stand? Go. Find. Your Boss.
Daaa.... Okay!
* ShortGuy runs towards the building.
* ShortGuy comes back!
Daaaa... He's back there.
* Peter sighs.}
Ask him to come out here.
... Right.
Daaaa..... Okay
* ShortGuy runs back to the building.
* Makoto grins crookedly and continues to spin his yo-yo.
* Chie hums quietly. Nobody can make out what the song is - Chomei, because he
can't hear her, and the rest of the group, because she's so off-key.
* ShortGuy runs back up to you! "Daaaa... He'll be right out."
Okay.
* TallGuy comes out with Maria.
* Rei is hovering right along with them.
* Maria shufles along with her eyes closed tight.
* Peter nods at TallGuy Squarepants.
(Oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea? o/~)
* TallGuy says, when he gets close enough. "Well."
(Tallguy Squarpants! o/~)
( Starman! )
Maria has filled you in on our situation?
* Makoto continues to spin his yo-yo. These Smorfies don't seem too bad, after
all.
She said you need something from here for someone. I can't imagine
what you could possibly need, but she said to ask you. So! What is it that you
need?
* Rei looks around, her gaze finally fixing on the town closeby.
[It looks townish.]
( I was hoping it would look towny. )
[If you needed to explain what a town was to preschoolers, you could
probably take a picture of it and use that.]
(It's towneriffic.)
Due to a ..situation, a friend of ours was killed. Her spirit however,
remains "alive". We were informed that it would be possible to find or make a
new body for her here.
* TallGuy blinks. Twice. "Uh... huh."
Our source is reliable. We will obey your rules during any period of
time we are here. Is there a mayor or chief we may talk to?
( Oh if you could only read minds... :P )
(Sorry, but that character's in China.)
( I can! But I'm not in this game, and I don't know I can
anyway. Sorry.)
About a dead body?
( ~You can too?~)
( No you can't Satoshi. They're not Arcana )
( Oh, well, never mind, then. Sorry.)
A dead body and a living spirit. We are aware of your secret.
( I can TOO Satoshi! )
(*Taki teleports in and drags Satoshi away, muttering about Jin
running of with her freinds without her.)
What secret?
(* Satoshi is dragged, blushing all the way.)
I believe you know.
* TallGuy looks at...
d3
* Dicesuke throws the bones for TallGuy (d3) and gets 3.
* TallGuy looks at Makoto. "Hey, are you in charge of this group? They seem a
bit... well..." He points to his head and twirls his finger.
* Chie snickers. She's amused, not insulted.
* Rei floats up and looks to the town, looking about ready to just go there
anyway.
* Lazar facepalms.
* Makoto nods spreads his hands, still spinning the yo-yo.
It's for appearance's sake only, I assure you.
* TallGuy watches Makoto spin the yo-yo before saying very slowly. "...
Riiiiiight."
(We're really not as insane as we look. We're worse.)
* TallGuy looks at Chomei. "Hey, are YOU in charge of this group? They seem a
bit... well..." He points to his head and twirls his finger.
(Chomei! That guy stole your catchphrase!)
~Would it be better if I talked to him?~
* Peter rubs his head. "Rei, give it a try."
...
* Makoto nods in Rei's direction.